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Engadget: The Google Nexus One trickle continues. Today’s two menu items include a 5-minute demonstration of the Android 2.1 interface — shaky, sure, but it’s a pretty thorough rundown of all the menus. We’re also serving up some low-resolution picture comparisons of the Nexus One laying side-by-side with the iPhone and HTC Hero. It still […]

Technology Review: The problem with mobile phones, says Allan Knies,
associate director of Intel Research at Berkeley, is that everyone
wants them to perform like a regular computer, despite their relatively
paltry hardware. Byung-Gon Chun,
a research scientist at Intel Research Berkeley, thinks that he might
have the solution to that problem: create a supercharged clone of your
smart phone that […]

Uberphones: Here’s something you certainly don’t see every day. The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) has come up with a cell phone user interface that gives a convincing sense of depth and layers by tracking you eyes using their self-developed 3G engine. It basically relies on your eyes’ location in relation to the […]

Enter… the Nuviphone in two delicious flavors… WinMo and Linux. Follow the link to Garmin in this story from Location, Location, Location: Is it a phone? Is it a GPS way finder? No Its a Phinder!
What the hell is a Phinder you may ask… I dunno I just made it up, but the damn thing […]

Into Mobile:Anyone that has used TeleNav GPS Navigator in the past will know how well it works. Get directions, traffic updates and more. Run into traffic trouble? No worries, TeleNav can reroute you with one simple click. You can even use it to pull up the weather conditions and forecast for your current location. It’s […]

IntoMobile:The next major overhaul of the iPhone platform might just see the iPhone coming into its own as a graphics-savvy gaming platform. Apple has been confirmed to have licensed PowerVR graphics technologies from Imagination Technologies in a bid to turn the iPhone into a data-crunching and gaming phenom the likes of which dedicated gaming consoles […]

IntoMobile: In a great little report over at DVICE I read this morning, blogger Kevin Hall pointed out that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has grand plans for the Android OS… and it isn’t limited to the mobile scene.
Mark Hamblin, CEO of Touch Revolution and one of the key players in re-jigging Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)’s software to […]

IntoMobile: Last week we got a closer look at the HTC Iolite, highlighting aparticularly mysterious footprint key at the bottom. Well, today theTouch Cruise has been announced, and we learn that the key is reservedfor a little service called Footprints. Footprints allows users toquickly geotag their location with pictures, audio clips, and notes, aswell as […]

Into Mobile: Aside from introducing new phones at this year’s CES, Nokia (NYSE: NOK)
has also unveiled a project of their R&D arm - Nokia Locate Sensor.
The tiny device is designed to help people keep track of their things,
ensuring we never lose anything again.
It’s quite easy to use the Nokia Locate Sensor. Simply attach a
physical wireless […]

Engadet: We’ve gotten Palm on the record saying that there’s a WCDMA (read: UMTS world 3G) version of the Pre in the works, though we don’t know when or where. That means that the AT&Ts, T-Mobiles, and Vodafones of the world will get a shot at this baby. Suggestion, Palm: “soon” and “everywhere.”
Update:
We’ve just seen […]